Development Marketplace — 2006 Winners

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May 10, 2006. 30 projects, recognized for their contribution to the global environment, have been selected as winners in a global competition, Development Marketplace 2006, held at the World Bank and co-sponsored by the GEF. The winners were chosen from 118 projects, drawn from 55 countries.

Among the winners:

100 Village Employment and Power Partnerships

To provide rural villages in the very poor rural Bihar region of India with affordable access to electricity. This project will install biomass power plants. It will work with farmers to ensure the availability of biomass and the cultivation of crops on wastelands that would serve as bio-diesel for the plant. It will work with local micro-entrepreneurs to help them set up income-generating activities (rice mills, pumping for irrigation, briquette production, etc) that would maximize the use of this decentralized energy source.
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From Harmful Acquatic Plants to New Cooking Fuel

To remove proliferating invasive aquatic plants from the surface waters of northern Senegal and transform them into combustible pellets that can be used for cooking.

Instead of rotting in the Senegal River and degrading water quality, aquatic plants will be transformed into fuel pellets for cooking―replacing wood and charcoal―and thus contributing to the fight against desertification. The larger environmental health benefits are expected to be reaped by the 600,000 people living in the low valley of the Senegal River.
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Rural Milk Collection Center—ISAAC Solar Icemaker

To enhance the incomes of small-scale dairy farmers in Kenya by establishing milk collection centers near rural communities that will use solar-powered technology to chill and store excess milk.

Using solar power and ammonia absorption technology, the ISAAC Solar Icemarker can chill up to 100 liters of milk a day.
Dairy production is one of the largest contributors to Kenya's agricultural GDP. Without the capacity to chill excess milk, farmers are currently depleting surrounding forests as they use firewood to boil and pasteurize milk.
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